BISP disburses over Rs 25 billion among 1,005,978 flood affected families

Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) has so far distributed Rs 25,149,450,000 among 1,005,978 flood-affected families in a transparent manner across the country.

The flood-affected families received cash assistance from different campsites established in flood-hit areas of Balochistan, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab on Saturday. An amount of Rs 25,000 per family is being provided to the flood-affected families of Balochistan, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab under Flood Relief Cash Assistance.

In Balochistan, 128,428 flood affected families have received Rs 3,210,700,000; 602,977 families have received Rs 15,074,425,000 in Sindh; 123,269 families have received Rs 3,081,725,000 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and 151,304 families of Punjab have received Rs 3,782,600,000.

A control room has been established at BISP headquarters to ensure smooth payments.